Engagement Ring Settings

What Is an Engagement Ring Setting?

An engagement ring setting is everything except the center diamond: the band, the prongs or bezel that hold your diamond, and any side diamonds. Here, a setting is never sold on its own. Each one is made to the exact dimensions of the diamond it will hold, so your setting and your center diamond are chosen and ordered together.

How to Choose Your Setting

Start with what you want to notice first when you look down at your hand.

• Solitaire: choose this if you want your center diamond alone, with nothing on the band competing for attention.
• Halo and hidden halo: choose these if you want more sparkle around your diamond, either framing it from above or tucked beneath it.
• Side diamonds and three stone: choose these if you want your center diamond flanked by smaller diamonds along the band.
• Cluster: choose this if you want many diamonds set close together for a fuller look.
• Bezel: choose this if you want a smooth rim of metal around your diamond, with no prongs to catch.
• Vintage style: choose this if you are drawn to milgrain, filigree and hand engraving.
• East-west and twist: choose these if you want your diamond set across your finger or a band that wraps around it.

Still deciding between one diamond and several? Solitaire vs three stone vs cluster compares them side by side, and the Engagement Ring Style Quiz shows which styles already feel like you.

Setting Height and Profile

Settings sit low, medium or high on your finger. A low setting keeps your diamond close to your hand and pairs easily with a wedding ring. A high setting lifts your diamond to catch more light. A cathedral setting rises from the band in arches that support your diamond, at any height. Each product page lists its setting height.

Your Setting and Your Diamond

Your center diamond can be lab-grown or natural, in any shape the setting is designed for. Lab-grown is the more common choice here, because it gives you a larger diamond for the same budget. The small diamonds in the setting are lab-grown, with natural available upon request. The price of your center diamond includes designing your ring to its exact dimensions and setting it, so you see the full picture before you approve.

Metals

Settings shown here are made in 14K yellow, white or rose gold, or platinum. Each product page shows the current price for each metal. Would you like 10K or 18K gold? A custom engagement ring can be made in any gold karat.

Make Any Setting Your Own

Every setting can be changed: the diamond shape, the band width, the setting height or the side diamonds. Lisa Robin designs each change with you by Zoom or in her studio in Centerville, just south of Dayton, and shows you CAD renderings built to your diamond before anything is made. If what you picture isn't here, start with custom engagement rings.

How Your Ring Is Made

Your design appointment settles your setting, your diamond and your ring size. Lisa then builds CAD renderings to your diamond's exact size, from several angles. Once you approve, your ring is crafted in 3 to 4 weeks, ready to pick up at the studio or ship to you. Book a private design appointment to begin.